May is National Preservation Month, and 2025 marks a period to acknowledge its importance in American and local history. This ...

Workers spend winter on the Erie Canal preparing for its bicentennial navigation season. The New York State Canal System is open to the public May-October each year. But what happens when the ...

Corn Hill Navigation announced its plans to commemorate the Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary on Wednesday. The event ...

In a spirited lead-up to Earth Day, over 3,000 volunteers have mobilized across New York State to participate in the annual ...

Before engines and electricity, America used ingenuity and water to move the nation forward. The Erie Canal, completed in ...

A bicentennial anniversary is right around the corner for the Erie Canal.Corn Hill Navigation unveiled its plans, Wednesday, ...

Thousands of volunteers across New York State will be out helping to clean debris and litter ahead of Earth Day.

ALBANY, N.Y. — In a spirited lead-up to Earth Day, over 3,000 volunteers have mobilized across New York State to participate ... involves cleaning up the 524-mile Erie Canal system and the ...

Rochester, N.Y. — A bicentennial anniversary is right around the corner for the Erie Canal ... of programming highlighting the canal's impact on New York State and the Greater Rochester region.

More than 180 public events are scheduled during the weekend of April 18 to 20, including several events in central New York. Park Manager for the Old Erie Canal Heritage Park Dan Wiles said 200 ...

A boat makes a morning trip through the Erie Canal in Rochester, New York, October 2021. Johnny Milano Former President Thomas Jefferson considered the proposal “little short of madness.” ...